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Powell says U.N. speech a 'blot' on record

WASHINGTON - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday his prewar speech to the United Nations accusing Iraq of harboring weapons of mass destruction was a 'blot' on his record.

'I'm the one who presented it to the world, and (it) will always be a part of my record. It was painful. It is painful now,' Powell said in an interview with Barbara Walters on ABC-News.
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He said he had never seen a connection between Baghdad and the 9-11 attacks on New York and Washington in 2001. 'I can't think otherwise, because I'd never seen evidence to suggest there was one,' he said."